When Andrea "Andy" Kramer goes missing from her seemingly perfect life--a loving father who takes her on fancy trips, most popular girl in school, eye-candy boyfriend, star tennis player, and stellar grades--her beloved community can't help but reveal its nasty secrets. "Among the Secrets" conveys both the suspenseful search for Andy as well as a story of two-sided relationships. Nothing is as it seems.

This is a story of death, of those who watch you when you're sleeping, and of losing those you love. This is a story of being trapped between your worst nightmares, of loneliness that frightens you to tears. But mostly, this is a story of losing yourself. Because forgetting yourself is the biggest terror of all.

As a child, Xander sees his bullies as people who gained strength from feeding off his weaknesses. As an adult, Xander aspires to turn the tables on his past bullies, steal power from them. But his idea of stealing power is very different from his bullies' definition. How far will Xander go to seek revenge?

When Alpha Theta Phi sorority girl Sadie Thomas disappears, Detective Raven Jetter attempts to uncover the truth behind her "perfect" life. As she investigates deeper, Raven realizes that Sadie isn't exactly who everyone thought she was. And that perhaps her many secrets are what killed her. Read on to find out! Don't forget to vote, comment, and check out my other stories!

An electrical engineering major, Jean feels overwhelmed and anxious about starting college, allowing her fears of failure to distort her college experience. Will Jean make it in college or will she become victim to the insanity that comes with hard work?

As a young child, Riley fears the monster that supposedly lives under her bed. Once she proves the monster a childlike illusion, however, she becomes determined to prove ALL of her fears an illusion, a stubborn task that only leads to trouble.

Oliver feels trapped in New York, where people party all night, nobody goes to work or school, men are randomly forced into military duty, and foreigners patrol the area. He longs to do something more with his life rather than become another mindless partier. But something seems to be stopping him.

Trapped in a world of fake smiles and carelessness, Kara wonders how she and her lover, Jaime, can fight the cruel stereotypes against gays and lesbians. Will they eventually be accepted as homosexuals? Or will their families and peers forever disapprove of their undeniable love?